HOUSTON (AP) - Major Applewhite has been hired to replace Tom Herman as coach at Houston.
It's the first head coaching job for the 38-year-old Applewhite, who served as Herman's offensive coordinator the last two seasons.

LUBBOCK - Niem Stevenson and Keenan Evans had 16 points apiece in Texas Tech's 87-50 drubbing of the University of Texas-San Antonio on Wednesday.
Stevenson's total was a career high and teammate Matthew Temple scored a career-high 13 points.

CLEMSON, S.C. - He doesn't flash that easygoing smile as frequently. His play gets scrutinized and picked apart more, because many of the folks who gushed about Deshaun Watson's game a season ago now focus on the overthrows and critical interceptions.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Frank Mason scored 30 points to match his career high, Devonte Graham and Josh Jackson also had big games and No. 3 Kansas rolled to a 105-62 victory over Missouri-Kansas City on Tuesday night to give coach Bill Self career win No.

AUSTIN - University of Texas regents on Saturday gave new football coach Tom Herman a five-year contract worth at least $25 million.
Herman could make even more if all goes well and he's not fired like his predecessor, Charlie Strong.

NORMAN, Okla. - It's another high-stakes Bedlam game for Oklahoma and Oklahoma State.
The Cowboys have emerged in the past decade under coach Mike Gundy, turning the showdown into much more than just a yearly meeting between schools from the same state.

Lamar Jackson stumbled down the stretch, leaving the rest of the field one last chance to catch him in the Heisman Trophy race.
Lamar Jackson stumbled down the stretch, leaving the rest of the field one last chance to catch him in the Heisman Trophy race.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - The play was 29 Lead, and it will go down in history as how Ohio State beat Michigan in one of the greatest games played by the Big Ten's most storied rivals.
That's pretty much all Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer wanted to talk about.

MANHATTAN, Kan. - Bill Snyder was doused in ice water as the final seconds ticked off the clock on his 200th career win, then carried off the field by his celebrating Kansas State players after their final home game.

AUSTIN - Quarterback Kenny Hill ran for two touchdowns and TCU defeated Texas 31-9 on Friday, sending Longhorns coach Charlie Strong to a crushing loss in what may be his final game after three seasons at the school.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas - King McClure scored all 15 of his points in the second half and No. 20 Baylor rallied from 22 down to beat No. 10 Louisville, 66-63, on Friday in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.

CANYON - Three West Texas A&M players reached double figures as the No. 3 Lady Buffs overcame an early double-digit deficit and opened the Pak-A-Sak Thanksgiving Classic Friday with a 74-64 win over Tuskegee at the First United Bank Center.

The No. 3-ranked West Texas A&M Lady Buffs continue their homestand with the annual Pak-A-Sak WT Thanksgiving Classic starting today and running through Saturday at the First United Bank Center in Canyon.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas - Donovan Mitchell made two 3-pointers in the final 4½ minutes and scored 14 points to help No. 10 Louisville beat Wichita State 62-52 on Thursday for a spot in the Battle 4 Atlantis championship game.

PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas - Al Freeman scored 15 points and came up with three baskets during a critical second-half sequence to help No. 20 Baylor beat VCU 71-63 on Wednesday in the opening round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.

SEATTLE - This city is home to grunge rock gods, tech billionaires and a ubiquitous retail giant. Downtown, a King holds court in the summer and a recent Super Bowl champion dominates sports-talk radio in the fall.

EAST LANSING, Mich. - Mike Weber ran for 111 yards and a touchdown, and No. 2 Ohio State held off Michigan State 17-16 on Saturday after the Spartans missed a 2-point conversion with 4:41 remaining.
Ohio State (10-1, 7-1 Big Ten, No.